Metal railway-tie.



G. VAN DEUS'EN.

METAL RAILWAY TIE.

- APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2a, 1913.

1,077,656. I Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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CARY VAN DEUSEN, OF GRABYVILLE, NEW YORK.

METAL RAILWAY-TIE.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARY VAN DEUSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Craryville, county of Columbia, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Railway- Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter de scribed and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a View in vertical cross-section of two railway-rails supported upon a cross-tie embodying my invention, the tie being shown partly in side elevation and partly in central vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a portion of one of the railway-rails with the neighboring portion of the cross-tie. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the broken line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

The principal object of the invention is to facilitate locking and unlocking a key-mechanism for securing a railway-rail to a crosstie.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1, represents the body of the tie which is made of metal in the general cross-sectional form of an Lbeam with the web thickened at points beneath the supported railway-rails 2. The thickened web is shown in Fig. 3. The top of the tie is formed with integral abutments 3 3 facing in the same direction, which abutments are adapted to receive the foot-flange, and support one side, of the neighboring rail, 2, as shown in Fig. 1. One of these permanent abutments thus engages and supports the inner side of one rail, while the other integral abutment engages and supports the outer side of the other rail. This construction permits the ties to be all made uniform and alternately reversed endfor-end as applied to the rail, so that each rail is supported on its opposite sides in alternation by integral abutments on the successive ties.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 23, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4,1913.

Serial No. 775,211.

side from the integral abutment, 3, by a removable abutment, 45, having a shank, 5, adapted to be passed down through an opening, 6, in the body of the tie at a point where the web is thickened. The lower end of the opening, 6, is enlarged to form a shoulder, 8, directly beneath the rail, and the shank, 5, of the abutment, 4:, is formed with a hook or offset, 7 adapted to engage said shoulder 8. The abutment, l, is held against the rail, with the hook, 7, beneath the shoulder, 8, by means of a key, 9, which is driven down into the opening, 6, on the opposite side of the abutment, 4:, from the rail, which key, 9, may be slightly tapered or wedgeshaped, so that when driven home it will force the abutment, l, tightly against the rail. The key, 9, is locked in position by means of a U-shaped strap, 10, the opposite ends of which are detachably secured to the body of the tie by means of screws, 11, inserted through the offset ends of the U- shaped strap into screw-threaded apertures in the tie.

Either of the screws, 11, forms a pivotal connection for the U-shaped strap, and upon removal of either screw, 11, the strap is adapted to be swung horizontally upon the remaining screw from the position shown by solid lines to that indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, in which dotted position of the U-shaped strap the key, 9, is free to be withdrawn from the opening 6.

The tie is preferably formed with transverse fianges, 12, on its under side adapted to prevent longitudinal sliding of the tie transversely of the rails.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Rail-clamping mechanism comprising in part, a railway-tie and a verticallyremovable locking-key in combination with a U- shaped strap overhanging said key, having one end pivotally connected to the tie; and a removable screw-connection between the other end of the strap and the tie, whereby said strap can be swung on its pivotal connection to and from a position overhanging said key.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of June, 1913.

CARY VAN DEUSEN. \Vitnesses:

GEORGE V. GHAMPLIN, FRANK SNYDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

